GRE Subject Test: Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology › Help with Prokaryotic Translation
In prokaryotes what site on the mRNA does the ribosome bind to initiate translation?
The Shine-Dalgarno sequence
The promoter
The operator
The poly adenine tail
The 3' untranslated region
The Shine-Dalgarno sequence is the ribosomal binding site in in prokaryotic mRNA that is located around 8 bases upstream of the start codon.